Consortium PSYCHIATRICUMConsortium PSYCHIATRICUMConsortium PSYCHIATRICUM2712-76722713-2919Eco-Vector1587910.17816/CP15879LETTER TO THE EDITORПИСЬМО В РЕДАКЦИЮUnknownLet's Use ChatGPT for Research: Fictitious Citations, Who’s Responsible?Использование ChatGPT в научных исследованиях: кто несет ответственность за ссылки на фиктивные источники?https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0335-7144AbdullahSadafabdullahsadaf2@gmail.comhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6993-7761AnwarFareehafejaz@imamu.edu.sahttps://orcid.org/0009-0005-5630-2838KhalidZunaibzunaibkhalid34@gmail.comhttps://orcid.org/0009-0006-8926-6543SiddiqueAbubakarPakistandrabubakar561@gmail.comLady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, PakistanCollege of Computer and Information Sciences, Imam Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaShahida Islam Medical Complex, Lodhran , PakistanFMH College of Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore, Pakistan31072026731005202631072026Copyright ©; , Eco-VectorCopyright ©; , Эко-ВекторEco-VectorЭко-Векторhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0https://consortium-psy.com/jour/article/view/15879[1. Topaz M, Roguin N, Gupta P, et al. Fabricated citations: an audit across 2.5 million biomedical papers. Lancet. 2026;407(10541):1779–1781. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(26)00603-3][2. Kobak D, González-Márquez R, Horvát EÁ, Lause J. Delving into LLM-assisted writing in biomedical publications through excess vocabulary. Sci Adv. 2025;11(27):eadt3813. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adt3813][3. Walters WH, Wilder EI. Fabrication and errors in the bibliographic citations generated by ChatGPT. Sci Rep. 2023;13(1):14045. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-41032-5][4. Gao J, Zhang Y, Disis ML, Zhang L. Errors in AI-Assisted Retrieval of Medical Literature: A Comparative Study. arXiv:2603.22344 [Preprint]. 2026 Mar 21. doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2603.22344][5. Tang G, Cai H. Citation contamination by paper mill articles in systematic reviews of the life sciences. JAMA Netw Open. 2025;8(6):e2515160. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.15160]